Disneyland shut down for three hours after anonymous well-wisher hides 'spiritual message of goodwill' scroll in tree and sparks security alert

A scroll containing a peaceful message sparked a three hour lock down at Disneyland after the bomb squad was called in to investigate the 'suspicious package'.

An anonymous well-wisher had hidden the 'spiritual message of goodwill' in a tree near the front gates of the Los Angeles theme park on Saturday just hours before it was spotted and reported as suspicious.

The all clear was given and the park was reopened after the person
responsible for the message called the police to tell them it was a
peaceful note.

A normally busy Disneyland, pictured here during a security lockdown, was closed for three hours as the bomb squad was called in to investigate a 'suspicious package'

The park had been set to open at 8am but no one was allowed in or out of the attraction after security officers spotted the scroll during a routine pre-opening walk through

Suzi Brown, a Disneyland spokeswoman, told NBC LA that the park was shut down out of an 'abundance of caution'.

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'This is not the first time,' Brown said. 'Unfortunately, people can't do that. We take it seriously.'

A similar security alert had closed the park last year when staff reported seeing a cylindrical object in Downtown Disney, which later turned out to be the hidden treasure in a game

The park had been set to open at 8am but no one was allowed in or out of the attraction after security officers spotted the scroll during a routine pre-opening
walk through at 7am, reports NBC LA. The park reopened about 11am.

Both Disneyland and California Adventure were open an hour later then usual on Saturday for the guests inconvenienced by the scare.

A similar security alert had closed the park last year when staff reported seeing a cylindrical object in Downtown Disney, which later turned out to be the hidden treasure in a game.

Police initially thought the item found on Saturday was part of the same game, a high tech adventure called geocaching in which people use gps to find containers filled with goodies.